Etienne Sauret

Etienne Sauret (1784-7 September 1812) was a colonel of the French Army.

Biography
Etienne Sauret was born in the Hauteville Department of France in 1784, and joined the French Army in 1805 when the draft began during the Napoleonic Wars. Sauret served as the colonel of the 68th Regiment of Militia, and fought in the Russian Campaign of 1812 under the command of Marshal Michel Ney. He took over command of Ney's army after he was wounded in the Battle of Mozhaysk, although he was only a Colonel. Sauret was killed when his small force was overwhelmed at the gates of Moscow during the Battle of Borodino.